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Clinton H. Garner Mr. Clinton H. Garner, age 100, of LaGrange, passed away Friday, May 27, 2016, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mr. Garner was born May 10, 1916, in LaGrange, son of the late Ben Baker Garner and Hassie Bassett Garner. A lifelong resident of LaGrange, he served in the U. S. Navy during World War Two and retired as ...

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Sometimes this world is not fair. It will beat you down into a puddle with an unrelenting force and make you question all the answers that you thought you had. When this happens in your life you have but two choices. You can either stay where you are, or let the hardships of life consume you or you can fight ...

Pam Cooper made a decision a month ago that she will never regret. “I bought some tennis rackets, and we’ve been coming up here (ever since),” Cooper said of the Ann & Doc McCluskey Tennis Center. “We just live around the corner.” During the past 30 days the Cooper family hasn’t been able to get enough of tennis or the ...

At LaGrange High School, football is serious stuff. It’s more than a game. It’s a way of life. Over the last 105 years, LaGrange High has won 760 football games, 19 region and conference titles and 11 state championships. “We’re the No. 2 program in Georgia (all-time behind Valdosta). We will shy away from nobody. We play the best of ...

Life could not be better for King Mwikuta. The Troup High School defensive end is only 15 years old, and he has already been offered scholarships by four college football teams. Those schools include Louisville, Appalachian State, South Alabama and Jacksonville State. Mwikuta, a sophomore at Troup High, is also on the recruiting board at Georgia, Clemson, Auburn and Georgia ...